Weekly Round Up
It has been a busy and rewarding week at Swainswick Church School, with the children enjoying a wide range of learning opportunities both in and out of the classroom. We are delighted to share some of this week's highlights and celebrate the achievements of our pupils.
Red Kites and Robins enjoyed a visit to the Guildhall in Bath to attend the Bath Literature festival, joining sessions with different authors. We were incredibly proud of the children, who represented the school brilliantly throughout the visit.
Next week, Miss Hitchcock will begin her maternity leave as she prepares to welcome her new baby. We would like to thank her for all of her hard work and commitment to our school community, and we wish her every happiness during this exciting time. We look forward to keeping in touch and, in due course, welcoming her back to Swainswick Church School.
Finally, we have been asked to share the attached information about the Pathways Study, a research project looking at how children aged 9–12 and their families experience and access support for behavioural, attentional and emotional regulation difficulties. If you feel this may be relevant to your family and would be interested in contributing to the research, please have a look at the attached flyer for further details.
Weekly class updates:
In Apple and Robins have been to the Bath Literature Festival, finished their shadow puppets and completed some super writing. Read more here.
In Oak and Red Kites, they have been completing maths challenges and also went the the Literature Festival. Read more here.
Other exciting opportunities:
Band workshop at Wiltshire Music Hub
Come and join us for a rock band workshop on October, 23rd in Trowbridge. Led by professional musicians and teachers Jamie Williams and David Garcia, budding rockstars will form bands, try out some classic rock and pop songs, create riffs, and build towards an informal performance.
There is no band experience necessary - the day is all about giving them the chance music with others. If they already play in a band they are very welcome to sign up in their existing line up. For those in Year 5+ playing guitar, bass, drums or keys (other instruments also considered but please get in touch first before booking).
BANES Competition
Yunnex Traffic Competition -
Yunnex Traffic are running a road safety competition in support of Brakes Road Safety Week (15th-21st November), asking children to design a road safety sticker for their fleet vehicles, with the chance to win a prize of a voucher, a copy of their sticker and vouchers for equipment for their school.
The competition is open to Pre-School and Primary aged children, designs can be A4 or A3 in size, portrait or landscape (see the Submission Template below) and scans of work must be submitted by Friday 30th October to:
Calendar dates:
Thursday 8th October - Red Kites rugby festival
Friday 9th October - Forest school - RED KITES
Friday 16th October - Forest school - ROBINS
Tuesday 20th Oct – Harvest Service (at Woolley Church) We will leave school at 9:00am. The service begins at 9:45am and we expect to return to school by approximately 11:15am.
Thursday 22nd October - Last day of term
Friday 23rd October - INSET DAY - school closed to children
Monday 2nd November - First day of term 2
Friday 6th November - Forest school - RED KITES
Friday 13th November - Forest school - ROBINS
Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th November - Parents evening - Appointments will be available to book via Arbor in due course. Sessions will run 3:45–6:00pm, with 10-minute appointments.
Please note: Parent Check-ins are for the morning class groups — Apple, Hazel and Oak.
Monday 7th December at 2:30pm and Tuesday 8th December at 9:00am - Infant Nativity (Reception-Year 2)
Tuesday 15th December- Christmas Service at Swainswick Church: at 9:00am
Have a lovely weekend!
The Swainswick Team